The Minister said, "The Indian Government has been emphasizing the "Make-in-India" campaign consistently. While there are many manufacturing companies across India, most of them are running short of skilled labour. To encourage employment across these companies, skilling labour is the utmost need of the hour. India should be a country filled with entrepreneurs, and we need more private partnerships that will in turn provide jobs for more people across rural areas. Handling concreting equipment is a skill that needs to be specially trained and Schwing Stetter India is doing a phenomenal job in training several youngsters in this field."

Students who sign up for the course will receive a monthly stipend of Rs.10,000/- and guaranteed placement in leading manufacturing companies. Schwing Stetter India is providing their "Operator Training School" to IESC to enable students to get a real- feel of the concrete equipment.

Adding to this, Anand Sundaresan, President of ICEMA & Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of Schwing Stetter India said, "India is running a deficit of skilled operators and mechanics for operating construction equipment. IESC has taken initiative of skilling unemployed youth to provide skilled operators and mechanics to the construction industry.

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